CONFIRMED SPEAKERS & GUESTS

kenote/ federal and state agency representatives/ university representatives/ community and industry partners

Roger Beachy
Director,National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA),
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Federal and State Representatives

Richard Alo: Program Director, Robert T. Noyce Teacher Scholarships and Graduate Fellowship Program, Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES), Presidential Awards for SEM Mentoring, Division of Undergraduate Education and Division of Education and Human Resources , National Science Foundation (NSF)

Shawn Drew: Program Director, MARC/ Division of Minority Opportunities in Research and Biostatistics T32 Program; Chair, Committee to Maximize Representation, National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

David Hanych: Program Director, Informal Science Education (ISE), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Ryan Lewis: Program Officer, Outreach and Programs, Illinois Humanities Council (IHC)

Ming Lei: Program Director, R25E Programs, Center for Cancer Training, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Andrew Riess: Assistant Director, Outreach and Communication, Institute of International Education, Department of Scholar and Professional Programs, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Institute of International Education (IIE)

Aileen Schulte: Scientific Review Officer, Division of Extramural Activity, Extramural Review Branch, National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Donald Senich: Program Director and Senior Advisor, Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), Partnerships for Innovation (PFI), Division of Industrial Innovation & Partnerships, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Bill Stone: Research Programs Administrator, Division of Organizational Results, Missouri Department of Transportation

Alan J. Tessier: Program Director, Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH), Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN), Population and Community Ecology, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (NSF)

University Representatives:

Ashok Agrawal: Vice President Academic Affairs, St. Louis Community College

Nicholas Davidson: Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis

Karen Dodson: Director, Publishing Services, Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis

Joel Eissenberg: Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Holly Falk-Krzesinski: Director, Norwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), Northwestern University

Sarah J. Gehlert: E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis

Jim Ginther: Associate Professor, Department of Theology, College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Louis University

Kristi Holmes: Bioinformaticist, Washington University School of Medicine Library, Washington University in St. Louis

Sharon Locke: Director, Center for STEM Research, Education, and Outreach, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Lynda Morrison: Professor, Department of Molecular and Microbiology & Immunology,  Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Richard Norris: Director, Center for Plant and Life Sciences, St. Louis Community College

Himadri Pakrasi: George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology and Director, International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), Washington University in St. Louis

Ray Tait: Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University

John Tavis: Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Linda Warren: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University

Jerry B. Weinberg: Acting Dean and Associate Provost for Research, The Graduate School and Professor, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville

Kate Woerheide: Grant Writer, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Washington University in St. Louis

Community & Industry Partners:

Phil Berger: Technology Business Specialist, MoFAST, Small Business and Technology Development Center,  University of Missouri Extension

John Chick: Field Station Director, Illinois Natural History Survey, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center (NGRREC)

Francis Chmelir: Director of External Operations, MoFAST, Small Business and Technology Development Center, University of Missouri Extension

Susan Czerwinksi: Math and Sciences Department, Lewis and Clark Community College, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center (NGRREC)

Marty Galganski: Supervisor, School Programs, Missouri Botanical Garden

Eric Gulve: President, Biogenerator

Dennis Lower: President and CEO, Cortex St. Louis

Bill Simon: Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Center for Emerging Technologies

Carol Valenta: Senior Vice President and Associate Museum Director, St. Louis Science Center